# Commercial Vessel for MMO

> Contract award record from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: Defra Network eTendering Portal
- Contract winner: Atlantic Ocean Services Limited
- Award value: £1,215,510
- Tender value: £1,215,510
- Award date: 28 October 2020
- Published: 18 December 2020
- Contract start: 29 October 2020
- Contract end: 30 April 2021
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: 5e45aceb-1ec5-45cf-8bc9-877aaa4441fd-401657
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-afaf7e47-cf8a-407b-a550-5c7a72aa90c5

## Description

A contract has been awarded by Defra via an existing Framework for an Offshore Patrol Vessel \(OPV\) to provide a robust, enduring capability to act primarily as a platform from which MMO inspection teams will observe fishing activity, boarding and inspecting from the OPV as necessary, as a deterrent to illegal fishing activity\. The vessel will also be used for other MMO duties within its legal remit e\.g\. marine conservation\.

## Related contract awards

- [National EA Estates Professional Surveying Framework](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-9191aaea-5356-4bdc-a3e1-af6b3670e583): Defra Network eTendering Portal
- [Parliamentary Monitoring Service](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-a6ea66bd-b313-46f9-a02a-2c5007aa1856): Defra Network eTendering Portal
- [Provision of Geological Products](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-8d85b0c1-45ff-4562-9d99-6009685196de): Defra Network eTendering Portal
- [Vessel Hire](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-12417af9-0b8f-4f66-9246-ec977bb49e3d): Home Office

## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/5e45aceb-1ec5-45cf-8bc9-877aaa4441fd-401657)